Comments on: Alaska’s 1st Utility-Scale Wind Farm Gets Energy Storage Boost from Xtreme Power http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/12/alaskas-1st-utility-scale-wind-farm-gets-energy-storage-boost-from-xtreme-power/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/12/alaskas-1st-utility-scale-wind-farm-gets-energy-storage-boost-from-xtreme-power/#comment-118249 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:36:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36964#comment-118249 hmm, never heard of this and don’t know enough about the technicalities.

]]> By: Mauricio http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/12/alaskas-1st-utility-scale-wind-farm-gets-energy-storage-boost-from-xtreme-power/#comment-118196 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:59:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36964#comment-118196 Why not store wind power right in the tower as compressed air?

I don’t know why I never hear anyone trying this approach. The tower is already a big canister, and wind being one of the ‘spikiest’ it would benefit greatly from having stored energy to keep the turbine going at a more constant speed via a rotor-connected pneumatic motor

http://www.commentous.com/comments/6003/why-not-store-wind-energy-right-in-the-windmill

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